January 1, 2015 AT 8:17 am

An Astronaut’s Guide to Optimism (video) by @cmdr_hadfield

Our world is not as bad a place as we often feel it to be. It is easy to look to the future and lament how far there is left to go, but sometimes it is helpful to stop and reflect on just how far we’ve come. This New Years, my resolution is to help make our world a better place. What’s yours?

Also, if you haven’t seen it before – check out David Bowie’s Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.